tooth

Meaning

Noun

1. A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
2. A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
3. A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
4. Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
5. A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
6. A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
7. The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
8. (figuratively) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
9. An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.

Verb

1. To provide or furnish with teeth.
2. To indent; to jag.
3. To lock into each other, like gear wheels.

Synonyms

teeth

🦷

fang

tusk

cog

front teeth

molar

prong

canine tooth

incisor

dent

barb

edge

tine

wisdom tooth

blade

lower teeth

upper teeth

broken

notch

jag

louse

milk tooth

molars

odontalgia

pearly

peg

permanent teeth

pin

prognathic

prognathous

protrusile

sawtooth

serration

sharp

sprocket

sting

this

toothache

tusks

dental pain

T

baby tooth

2

protrusible

furnish with cogs

hypognathous

bird’s beak

beaver

🦫

bevel

bite

Translations

dent

🦷

Zahn

🦷

diente

🦷

tand

dente

🦷

dente

🦷

δόντι

dens

🦷

dent

🦷

diş

🦷

diran

🦷

سن

dent

سِنّ

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tuːθ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: tothe

Inherited from Old English: tōþ

Cognate with Scots: tuth

Cognate with Northern Frisian: toth

Cognate with Dutch: tand

Cognate with German: Zahn

Cognate with Danish: tand

Cognate with Swedish: tand

Cognate with Norwegian: tann

Cognate with Icelandic: tönn

Cognate with Welsh: dant

Cognate with Latin: dēns

Cognate with Lithuanian: dantìs

Cognate with Ancient Greek: ὀδούς

Cognate with Armenian: ատամ

Cognate with Persian: دندان

Cognate with Sanskrit: दत्

In summary

From Middle English tothe, toth, tooth, from Old English tōþ (“tooth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tanþ, from Proto-Germanic *tanþs (“tooth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃dónts (“tooth”). Related to tusk and tine. Doublet of dent, dens, tind, and tine.
Cognates
Cognate with Scots tuith (“tooth”), North Frisian Ter, tus, täis (“tooth”), Bavarian Zåhn (“tooth”), Dutch tand (“tooth”), German Zahn (“tooth”), Low German Tähn (“tooth”), Luxembourgish Zant (“tooth”), Vilamovian cōn (“tooth”), Yiddish צאָן (tson, “tooth”), Danish, Swedish tand (“tooth”), Faroese tonn (“tooth”), Icelandic tönn (“tooth”), Norwegian Bokmål tann (“tooth”), Norwegian Nynorsk tann, tonn (“tooth”), Welsh dant (“tooth”), Latin dēns (“tooth”), Lithuanian danti̇̀s (“tooth”), Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús)/ὀδών (odṓn, “tooth”), Armenian ատամ (atam), Persian دندان (dandân), Sanskrit दत् (dát), दन्त (danta, “tooth”).